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F. MBSINGER.

SADDLE POR MOTOR CYCLES.

MPLIOATION FILED unal, 1912.

Patented Aug. 27, 1912.

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cuLuMBlA PLANnuRAPN co., WASHINGTON. D. C.

UNITED STAZE oFFIoE.

.FREDERICK Mrzsnv'enr., 101i NewA YORK;j nie-Y.

sAnDLnfroR MOTORCYCLES.

'/,specication of rafters-Patent. .Patented Aug.. 2,17., 1912.

Application inea-Januarysi, 1912.1 -sria1np..e7.4,4e3.

To aZZwwm t may concer/n Be it known that I, FREDERIGKMSINGER,

A-a citizen of the United States, `residing at;

New York city, county and State-of .New York,.have invented anew andlmproved; Saddle for Motor-Cycles, of which thefol-g lowing is a specication.

This invention relates .to anl improved;

'saddle more particularly adapted for ino-2 Fig. 1 a cross section on line 4 4, Fig 3;

Fig. 5 across sectiononline 5-- Fig. 2; Fig. 6 a front view of the post clamp andy adjoining parts, and Fig. 7 a detailofone-ofthe movable clamp-members.

The saddle post 10 of a cycle frame l1 is straddled by a clamp 12 resting on a shoulder of said post and secured in position by bolt 13. The drawing shows the clamp fitted to an upright post, while with a goose neck post, it is turned at right angles as will be readily understood. The clamp is made in the form of a yoke, and both of its shanks are provided on their outer faces with a plu-- rality of radial grooves to constitute a pair of relatively fixed circular friction jaws 14. These jaws are engaged by correspondingly grooved relatively movable jaws 15 formed on the upwardly turned ends of a pair ofv longitudinally alined arms or members 16. A bolt 17 passing through a central aperture formed in each of the four jaws pivotally connects the arms to the yoke, -while by slackening a nut 18 on the bolt, the arms may be swung farther backward or forward to adjust the height of the saddle. Each arm 16 is provided at its outer end with a recessed seat 19 adapted to receive the forward end of a dat cradle spring 2O which is secured to the arm by a iianged cap 21 and a bolt 22 that passes through the arm, cap and spring. Springs 2O are composed preferably at their front of a plurality of leaves which gradually diminish in number toward the back, where but a single leaf may be provided. The rear end of each spring 2O is bow-shaped as shown and secured to the back off the saddle top 234 in manner now to be described.

The ...saddle 'top is provided at its back with a depending iange to the inner face Aof which there is attached a curved cantle 24. This1cantle' is provided with'a pair-fot forwardly-extending apertured lugs 25 from whiclrdependa pair of bolts 26. .These bolts carry attheir lower endsza pair of yokes 27, each of said yokes -being adapted for the reception of the rear -endzof one of -the cradle springs20. The rear eye-shaped.

4ends o'f .these springs encompass a pin 28 passing .through 4both of vthe. yokeswhich Ythus Aconstitute bearings for said:;pin. lt

will beseen .that by the means desoribedthe cradle springs .may be readily' fitted in .po- -sitionfand that .the :height of the saddle may `be .regulatedv by setting the. members: -16 farther backward or forward on their pivot 17. .The stay-spring 29 of the saddle is bentat `its-rear end to extend back of both bolts 26 V-aboveyokes 27 for which purpose a clearance is formed between such yokes and lugs 25 of cantle 24. The two forward ends of the stay spring are seated within a grooved plate 30 pivoted by bolt 31 to a pair of slotted L-shaped brackets 32 adjustably secured to frame 11 by bolt 33. To plate 30 there is secured by an apertured bolt 34: passing through a slot 35 of plate 30, a nose piece 36 to which the front of the saddle top 23 is attached. A screw 37 engages an apertured front flange 38 of plate 30 and is tapped into bolt 311, so that by manipulating the screw, the nose piece may be retracted or advanced to correspondingly slacken or tighten the saddle top.

, It will be seen that the saddle construct ed as described is readily adjustable, that it possesses great resiliency and that it is mounted at a minimum elevat-ion above the 'saddle post, so that the riders feet may reach the ground whenever occasion may demand.

I claim:

1. A saddle provided with a post clamp, a pair of arms extending laterally therefrom and having seats at their outer ends, a pair of at cradle springs engaging said seats at 'their forward ends, bolts passing through said springs and arms, a saddle top and means for securing the rear ends of said springs to said top.

2. A saddle provided with a post clamp, a pair of arms extending laterally therefrom and having seats at their outer ends, means 3. A saddle provided With a saddle top, a

cantle secured thereto, a pair of yokes depending from the cantle,` a pair of cradle springs extending into the yokes with their -rear ends, and means for securing said ends to said yokes.

4. A saddle provided with a saddle top, a oantle secured thereto, a -pair of bolts depending roin the cantle, a pair of bearings carried by the bolts, a pin hung in said bearings, a pair of cradle springs, and means for securing said springs to said pin.

5. A saddle provided with a saddle top, a eantle secured thereto, a pair of bolts depending from the cantle, a pair of yokes earried by the bolts, a pin hungin the yokes and a pair of cradle springs encompassed by the yokes and coiled around the pin.

-6. A saddle provided with a saddle top, a cantle secured thereto, a pair of bolts depending from the cantle, a pair of bearings suspended from the bolts at a distance from the cantle, a pin hung in said bear ings, a stay spring engaging the bolts intermediate oantle and bearings, and a pair of cradle springs secured to the pin.

7. Asaddle provided with a post clamp, a pair of arms pivot-ally connected thereto, means for locking the arms to said clamp, a saddle top, a cantle carried thereby, a pair of yokes depending from the cantle, a pin traversing the yokes, and a pair of cradle springs connected to the arms at their for- Ward ends and to the pin at their rear ends.

8. A saddle provided With a post clamp, a pair of members adjustablyl secured thereto, a saddle top, a pair of bolts depending therefrom, bearings carried'by the bolts, a pin hung in the bearings, a pair of eradle springs secured to the adjustable members and to the pin at their front and rear ends respectively, a stay spring engaging the bolts, and means for adjustably securing y said stay spring to the front of the saddle P FREDERICK MESINGER. Witnesses:

AUGUST ERB, HENRY H. MESINGER.

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' Washington, D. C. 

